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Empire of the Atom
by A.E. Van Vogt
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles , California, United States
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About This Item
[A.E. VAN VOGT]. SIGNED & INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY. EMPIRE OF THE ATOM. Macfadden Books, New York, 1966. First Edition Thus. First printing in paperback from this publisher with this new cover art. With original 60 cent price on cover MB #60-267. Condition: Near Fine / Very good. Appears unread. With mild shelf wear, mild creases to covers, about a one centimeter touch up over chip to middle of spine with black marker and rubbing on spine typical of pulp fiction paperback books of this age, otherwise pages are bright, clean, unmarked and binding tight. With original publisher's top stained red-burgundy page edges on all sides, some mild soiling to edges. Originally published true First Editions hardback by Shasta and paperback from Ace Books as an Ace Double (D-242) in 1957. Incredibly rare inscription on title page from author, "For Kevin, Long live the atom, A.E. Van Vogt. " With the printed "*" asterisk on title page inferred as the symbol for "atom" sandwiched between the author's first and last name. Kevin Seymour was an animator and voice actor for some of the most popular Japanese Anime during the last few decades including Akira, Macross Plus, Ghost in the Shell and many other Japanese Anime. Cover art by Jack Faragasso. Classic Sci-Fi, scarce collectible. 160 pgs. 16mo.
Synopsis
Empire of the Atom is a science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt. It was first published in 1957 by Shasta Publishers in an edition of 2,000 copies. The novel is a fix-up of the first five of van Vogt's Gods stories which originally appeared in the magazine Astounding. The remaining Gods stories are collected in The Wizard of Linn. Author and critic James Blish observed that the plot of the Gods stories resembled that of Robert Graves' Claudius novels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-125
- Title
- Empire of the Atom
- Author
- A.E. Van Vogt
- Illustrator
- Jack Faragasso
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Macfadden Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- A.E. Van Vogt, Jack Faragasso, Signed, Association Copy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
- Size
- 16mo
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About Astro Trader Books
Astro Trader Books was founded in 2010 selling camera manuals, then branched into antiquarian, modern firsts, science fiction, fantasy, horror genres and pulp fiction.
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Shelf Wear
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